Magic Lantern Updates: 2nd Alpha For EOS 7D, 1st Alpha For EOS M!

Magic Lantern Updates

Two Magic Lantern updates! The skilled hackers of Magic Lantern silently delivered a Christmas Gift: The second Alpha release of Magic Lantern for the [shoplink 337]EOS 7D (price & specs)[/shoplink]. Before posting the download link the usual disclaimer: You are doing this on your own risk. Although there are no known bricked 7Ds I can not assume (nor can the ML team) any responsibility for possible problems. That said, if you want to download and install Alpha2 of Magic Lantern for the EOS 7D then click here (install instructions provided) and have (lots) of fun. The following features have been enabled since Alpha1:

  • Advanced Bracketing (HDR)
  • Intervalometer
  • Audio tags
  • Bit Rate manipulation
  • [EXPERIMENTAL] Modify card flush rate for higher bit rates
  • [EXPERIMENTAL] Modify GOP size (down to ALL-I or up to 100 for better (?) details)
  • a lot of minor fixes

And these are the key features of this incredibly cool EOS 7D firmware extension:

  • Audio meters while recording
  • Zebras
  • Focus peaking
  • Magic Zooom (via half-shutter, or focus ring)
  • Cropmarks, Ghost image
  • Spotmeter
  • False color
  • Histogram, Waveform
  • Vectorscope
  • Movie logging
  • Movie auto stop
  • Trap focus
  • LiveView settings (brightness, contrast…)
  • Level indicator
  • Image review tweaks (quick zoom)
  • and some debug functions
Magic Lantern Updates
Image: Magic Lantern

And know for something same same but different: the first Alpha release of Magic Lantern for the [shoplink 6091]Canon EOS M (price & specs)[/shoplink] was released!! Please note that this is the very first release of Magic Lantern, so be sure to walk through the forum discussion to learn all what you need to know before installing Magic Lantern on your EOS M. Differently from the release for the EOS 7D, this is still experimental software and it MIGHT DAMAGE YOUR CAMERA! Do it on your own risk. Do not do it if you are not comfortable with hacking, firmware hacks, rooting etc. Wait for the first stable (and tested) release of Magic Lantern for the EOS M; it won’t take long. That said, if you are aware about what you are going to do, then click here to download Magic Lantern Alpha1 for the Canon EOS M.

Holga Lens Filter Kit For Your Canon DSLR

A Holga Lens Filter Kit For Your Canon DSLR
Image credit: fancycrave.com

Ever wanted to have that special Holga retro look on your Canon DSLR without doing postprocessing? Just shooting away and getting the typical Holga aesthetics? You can, for less than 100 bucks you get a Holga lens filter kit for your Canon DSLR.

Holga itself sells a filter kit for Canon mounts. The kit is sold for $92.95 (click here) on Amazon. It appears they have just 5 items in stock.

 

[fancycrave via designyoutrust]

 

 

 

 

 

Canon France Teaser For A New Camcorder (?)

The image above has been published by Canon France. The accompanying French text says: Soon, we will share information that will change the way you look at the world…

It's most probably a new camcorder, given the way the girl in the pic holds the mysterious thing (the ping-pong ball also is not visible, don't know why)

Well, CES 2013 is not far away, the teaser may indicate some imminent product announcement.

[via CR]

 

Interview With Canon Europe About The 6D, Project 1709, And More

 

The interview was conducted by megapixel.co.il and dates back to photokina, though it was posted in English a few days ago. Mike Owen, Professional Image Marketing Manager for Canon Europe and Richard Shepherd, Senior Product Specialist, Digital SLR and EF Lenses for Canon Europe talk about the [shoplink 7139]Canon EOS 6D[/shoplink], Project 1709, the delays in announcing the long telephoto lenses, and more.

The guys at megapixel.co.il summed up the main points of the interview:

    • Richard Shepherd explained in a few words in the interview about project 1709 (the name is actually the date of the beta announcement). The project is invitation only at this stage.
    • The events in Japan in 2011 had a lot of influence on the actual launch of the 1D-X – Canon used the time to tweak and improve the finished product.
    • Regarding the delays in launching some of the long telephoto lenses – Canon states that it was important to reach full production capability as to not cause delays later on.
    • For Canon – the 6D is the idea travel camera. Although there might be other target audiences for the 6D – people who travel and like a quality camera they can carry are very high on the list.
    • The 6D will not be the only DSLR wit GPS and WIFI but don't expect every model from now on to come with these features.
    • Although we asked – we didn't get a direct answer whether or not the EOS-M can be fitted with and external digital viewfinder and if it can – does Canon has any plans to do so.
    • According to Canon, Pro photographers do not trust digital viewfinders and so for pro cameras, optical viewfinders are here to stay.
    • Adding a focus limiter in the camera is possible technically, however Mike Owen explained that so far Canon did not receive substantial enough request for this feature from its costumers.
    • The APS-H format is not necessarily dead – this actually depends on the market and the consumer needs.
    • The eye-control-focus technology (used for example in the Canon EOS-3) is gone, but it might return again in the future. In the past some photographers liked it but some didn't so its an open issue.
    • Don't expect a road map from Canon for its EOS-M lenses (unlike Sony, Samsung, Fuji, Panasonic etc.). Canon is going to focus on what it feels are the right lenses for this format (i.e. mostly compact lenses).

[via Megapixel]